Table 2.

Risk perception, knowledge, trust, and personal characteristics

Characteristic	Mean	Median	SE
Risk perception	3.14	3.14	0.58
Knowledge*	5.35	5.00	1.41
Trust (media, television)	2.69	3.00	0.97
Trust (medical)	3.63	4.00	0.95
Trust (central government)	2.37	2.00	1.03
Trust (local government)	2.63	3.00	0.96
Trust (NGO)	2.79	3.00	0.95
Trust (society)	2.45	2.00	0.86
Trust (health policy)	2.72	3.00	0.90
Optimism (health policy)	3.20	3.00	0.86
Willingness to sacrifice†	2.54	3.00	0.67
Responsiveness to emergency‡	2.06	2.00	0.62

NGO, nongovernmental organization.

^*Ten-point scale.

^†Four-point scale.

^‡Three-point scale.